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L. Every month the researchers counted how many oysters were alive and how many were dead.
Every month the researchers counted how many oysters were alive and how many were dead.
Read MoreK. Every other week a sample of 50 oysters was removed from each bag and measured for length.
Every other week a sample of 50 oysters was removed from each bag and measured for length .
Read MoreJ. Some of the water samples were collected with a piece of equipment called a Van Dorn sampler.
Some of the water samples were collected with a piece of equipment called a Van Dorn sampler.
Read MoreI. The water quality is measured by collecting samples in bottles, filtering out sediment, and bringing the samples back to the lab for analysis. The things being measured are salinity, dissolved oxygen, temperature, total alkalinity, dissolved inorganic carbon, nutrients, and the species of phytoplankton present.
The water quality is measured by collecting samples in bottles, filtering out sediment, and bringing the samples back to the lab for analysis. The things being measured are salinity, dissolved oxygen, temperature, total alkalinity, dissolved inorganic carbon, nutrients, and the species of phytoplankton present.
Read MoreH. The quahogs were placed into boxes dug into the sediment and a net placed over them to protect them from predators. Each site got 3 boxes with 200 quahogs in each.
The quahogs were placed into boxes dug into the sediment and a net placed over them to protect them from predators. Each site got 3 boxes with 200 quahogs in each.
Read MoreG. These quahogs also started out at just 2-3 mm in length.
These quahogs also started out at just 2-3 mm in length.
Read MoreF.500 little oysters were placed in each one of these green bags. Each site got 3 bags placed into a wire mesh cage to keep out predators and prevent the bags from floating away.
500 little oysters were placed in each one of these green bags. Each site got 3 bags placed into a wire mesh cage to keep out predators and prevent the bags from floating away.
Read MoreE. The study began in June 2021 with a hatchery delivery of tiny oyster seed only 2-3mm long.
The study began in June 2021 with a hatchery delivery of tiny oyster seed only 2-3mm long.
Read MoreD. To test this, oysters and quahogs were grown in 5 sites from the northern most location at Princes Cove where there are high nutrients and low dissolved oxygen, to a site off of Oregon Beach where water quality improves because of flushing with Nantucket Sound waters.
To test this, oysters and quahogs were grown in 5 sites from the northern most location at Princes Cove where there are high nutrients and low dissolved oxygen, to a site off of Oregon Beach where water quality improves because of flushing with Nantucket Sound waters.
Read MoreC. The question that Woods Hole Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension wants to answer is – will oysters and quahogs exposed to varying acidic conditions in their natural environment also have differences in growth or survival? Or will other conditions in the environment like the amount of food available, balance out the effects of acidic water?
The question that Woods Hole Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension wants to answer is – will oysters and quahogs exposed to varying acidic conditions in their natural environment also have differences in growth or survival? Or will other conditions in the environment like the amount of food available, balance out the effects of acidic water?
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